Green Bay police lose labor dispute

6:16 PM,
Dec. 8, 2013

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Green Bay's police union's insistence on limiting employee contributions to retirement benefits is ultimately what drove an arbitrator to reject its proposal in favor of the city's final contract offer.

The selection will save taxpayers more than $300,000 over the four-year contract period, according to Mayor Jim Schmitt, who called the ruling a major victory.